EuroLinux 9.4 Release Notes
This version's code name is San Marino - the capital of San Marino, the world's oldest republic.
Major changes in EuroLinux 9.4.
Security
Key security-related highlights:
- Rsyslog log processing system introduces customizable TLS/SSL encryption settings and additional capability dropping options.
- The OpenSSL TLS toolkit adds a provider-specific configuration directory.
- The Linux kernel cryptographic API (libkcapi) 1.4.0 introduces new tools and options. You can now specify target file names for hash calculations using the -T option.
- The stunnel TLS/SSL tunneling service 5.71 provides many new features such as support for modern PostgreSQL clients.
Programming languages, web and database servers
Later versions of the following application are now available:
- MariaDB 10.11
- nginx 1.24
- PHP 8.2
- PostgreSQL 16
- Python 3.12
The following components have been upgraded:
- Git LFS to version 3.4.1
- Git to version 2.43.0
Compilers and development tools
Updated performance tools and debuggers
The following performance tools and debuggers have been updated:
- elfutils 0.190
- SystemTap 5.0
- Valgrind 3.22
Updated performance monitoring tools
The following performance monitoring tools have been updated:
- PCP 6.2.0
Updated compiler toolsets
The following compiler toolsets have been updated:
- GCC Toolset 13
- Go Toolset 1.21.7
- LLVM Toolset 17.0.6
- Rust Toolset 1.75.1
Java implementations in EuroLinux 9
The EuroLinux 9 AppStream repository includes:
- The
java-21-openjdk
packages, which provide the OpenJDK 21 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 21 Java Software Development Kit. - The
java-11-openjdk
packages, which provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime - Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
- The
java-17-openjdk
packages, which provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime - Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.
- The
java-1.8.0-openjdk packages
, which provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime - Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.
Known issues
Due to evolution of build process update for SCAP Security Guide are delayed now. They are going to be delivered soon.
Batteries repositories
The battery repository is available for customers with Golden Key and Gaia subscriptions. There are about 330 packages that are not part of any build (so they are not included in EuroLinux Open Build roots) but are required to rebuild EuroLinux/Custom Fork from RHEL or Eurolinux sources.
Container and cloud images
You can use the following publicly available images for EuroLinux 9:
- EuroLinux 9 Vagrant Boxes (libvirt/VMware Workstation/VirtualBox)
- EuroLinux 9 Container on the Docker Hub
- EuroLinux 9 Container on the Quay.io
Additional resources
- Download EuroLinux ISO
- Download EuroLinux ISO secondary download
- EuroLinux universal migration scripts
- EuroLinux Public Request for Change and Bug Tracker
- Red Hat 9.4 Release Notes parts of our release notes are loosely based on this document.